The outrageous distortions about the Ryan Medicare reform plan are coming from people who are accelerating the program's path to insolvency. Medicare is being used as a piggy bank by Democrats, with $575 billion in payment cuts used to finance two massive new entitlement programs in ObamaCare. And this April, the president proposed taking another $480 billion out of the program to lower the … [Read more...] about There's No Choice But Change
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Medicare, Individual Mandate Stir Debate
What a week! Medicare is speeding toward insolvency five years faster than the Trustees reported just a year ago, and the program is now facing $38 trillion in red ink. Chief Medicare Actuary Richard S. Foster said in a supplementary report that under current law Medicare is on track to pay providers less than Medicaid does, and this would lead to "severe problems with beneficiary access to … [Read more...] about Medicare, Individual Mandate Stir Debate
Mitt's Missed Opportunity
Former governor Mitt Romney hoped his major speech in Ann Arbor on Thursday would let him move on from persistent questions about health care, but judging from reports, blogs, editorials, and a National Review Online poll, it's clear he has much more to do: By a margin of more than seven to one, NRO readers said they thought the speech hurt him. It's hard to hate ObamaCare and love RomneyCare. … [Read more...] about Mitt's Missed Opportunity
An Industry Slipping Away
One of the guests at our highly successful conference yesterday on innovation in health care thanked us for providing "a vehicle for those of us who believe in the marketplace as the source of solutions to exchange ideas and spark creativity." Every one of the speakers was terrific, making focused presentations about innovations in health care delivery, technologies enabling better health, and … [Read more...] about An Industry Slipping Away
You Won't Want to Miss This
Our biggest conference of the year is coming up next Thursday in Washington, and you won't want to miss it. It's the third in our very successful series on the value of innovation in health care. "Health Care 2011: Advancing Health Care by Facilitating Innovation" will be held at the Columbus Club at Union Station on Capitol Hill and features a dynamite roster of speakers, including members of … [Read more...] about You Won't Want to Miss This
Hypocrisy in Health Accusations
President Obama and his allies are predictably in full-out attack over the House Republicans' deficit reduction plans. But they are on shaky ground for two reasons: The American people are frightened and more aware than ever about the dangers of massive deficits -- driven largely by open-ended entitlement spending. And the president has no standing to criticize Republicans for proposals that are … [Read more...] about Hypocrisy in Health Accusations
Obama Doubles Down on Medicare Rationing
Seniors, beware. Buried in the president's deficit speech this week was a plan to give even more powers to the Medicare rationing board created in his health overhaul law. Mr. Obama proposes giving the unelected, unaccountable Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) new authority to tighten the screws on payments, which first target Medicare Advantage and prescription drugs and eventually all … [Read more...] about Obama Doubles Down on Medicare Rationing
Teeing Up for Real Reform
A new conversation will begin in Washington next week as House Republicans offer their plan to start getting our nation's fiscal house in order. The plan, developed under the leadership of Budget Chairman Paul Ryan, will lay out a new vision for federal spending in the upcoming fiscal year. It's designed to get us off the path we are on that will bankrupt the country with out-of-control … [Read more...] about Teeing Up for Real Reform